Dress to impress – walk in closet

Materials: Expedit book case

Description: After staring at a blank white wall for over two years and paging through loads and loads of advertisements about way too expensive walk in closets, the idea simply hit me to step right out of the box and go IKEA. I needed a closet system which would fit wall to wall, which had a certain degree of flexibility/adaptability and which could be upgraded according to my savings account.:)

The solution: a combination of white Expedit book cases, with a few white doors, some drawers, a rod which my father added and ….. a real cool shoe storage system (all the girls who’ve seen this want to make their own walk in now).

If I want to, I could even add sliding doors later (PAX for instance) and even better – should I ever move, I can adapt my dressing to a completely new environment.

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35 Responses to Dress to impress – walk in closet

real cool shoe storage system, what is the item number. I could not able to find in the in the ikea website to order online. I live in chicago, Illinois , unitedstates. Please call me 1-773-678-3057. Or email me the link for it to order it online.

The red “doors” are actually plastic bins that snap together, perfectly sized for the expedit shelves. I have a bunch in the expedit 4 x 4 shelf that serves as the wall between my kitchen and living/dining room. It’s handy because they have the same design front and back and allow access from both sides. In Ikea Germany they are called Lekman and come in several colors.

Hello – thanks so much for posting this. It just so happens, I’m doing this same sort of thing with my shelves that I no longer want in the living room. The rod in my case won’t be as long as yours, and will be fixed at one side to a slanted wall (where’s MacGyver when we need him??). It will have to endure a lot of weight, too. Can you tell me how your dad affixed the rod to the shelves? I always thought Expedits were hollow inside! And did you fasten the different shelve units together with reinforcement brackets at some point, or do you just trust the force of gravity?Thanks!

This is gorgeous! We are moving into a new house and got an obscenely expensive quote for our extremely narrow walk in. Can you tell me approximately how much this costs? I tried pricing it out on ikea’s site, but couldn’t exactly figure out all the pieces you used.

The closet units including the inserts and boxes all added up to aprox. 455 euro.The rod was paid for by my dad . My closet is over 3.5m wide and was added to in stages. All in all I think my mony was very well spent and I love it each time I walk into the room. The units are all white. Now expedit also has shiny white which costs more. Sofie

I just looked on the website of the Dutch Ikea, and to make this exactly like above, the total cost would be 820 euro’s (including the seven 2×2 Expedits in your bedroom). I wonder whether there is a cheaper option….

Looks great! It must be really cheap in Belgium, though, as it would cost similar to buy a Pax wardrobe in Australia. Those drawer/cupboard inserts costs about $50 a piece! Of course, if would be cheaper if you already had that 4×4 Expedit bookcase

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